Every year for an early Christmas present, Ma presents Ian and me with tickets to the BPO's Family Series. It is a series of concerts completely geared for children.
Before the show, in the Mary Seton Room at Kleinhan's Music Hall, they have "Instrument Zoo" where the children are permitted to 'try out' various instruments. They have sections arranged for percussion instruments, string instruments, and wind instruments.
The woman showing Ian how to handle the flute was impressed - Ian was able to blow across the flute properly to make sound on the first try. She said there is a trick to it, and most little ones don't get the hang of it quite so quickly. Apparently you have to blow across the hole, not into it like other wind instruments. Very cool.
Ian was also interested in the violin, and has been all season. Unfortunately, the lessons are unbelieveably expensive.
Serena said...
The only place I could find that would teach a child Ian's age wanted $4,500. I keep checking around. Most places start lessons when the child hits 3rd grade, which means Ian has another two years to wait. We'll see.
Two summers ago, I took a day off for illness. It must have been over 80 degrees that day. An older woman broke down two doors down from me, and in the heat of the afternoon, knocked on my door to use the phone. I handed her my cordless, she called AAA, and then she returned to her car to wait. I felt awful for her, it was so hot, so I took her a plastic cup full of ice water for her to sip on while she waited. 
We happened to hit the museum on the Wee Swashbucklers weekend. When you first entered the museum, they had a game board set up for the kids to play. 
62 candles wouldn't fit on the cake - even if the Elma Fire Department would allow it!
It appears that the "sitting at the bar" tradition starts quite young in our family...Devon is 4!
Uncle Ben
Aunt Dennie (with Xzavier, Doreen's youngest)
Xena
Zahlia
